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Costa Rica fiscal reform looks doomed to fail

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COSTA RICA

Fiscal reform protests.

French unrest will continue and Macron will survive

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FRANCE

The proposals follow the ‘great national debate’, a two-month series of consultations online and in town halls across France, at which disillusioned voters conveyed their…

Ivory Coast’s Gon Coulibaly likely to triumph in polls

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IVORY COAST

Profile of Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly.

Modi faces race against time to make reforms work

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INDIA

Modi came to power promising liberalising reforms and has staked his reputation on creating a USD5tn economy by 2024. The economy has taken a severe hit from the fallout of the…

Sri Lanka government will shrug off unpopularity

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SRI LANKA

Separately, the IMF’s Executive Board on March 20 approved a four-year, roughly USD3bn Extended Fund Facility for the country. The approval came around ten months after Sri Lanka…

Civil service will shape post-election Nigeria future

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NIGERIA

The role of Nigeria's civil service.

Economic package will polarise opinion in Ecuador

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ECUADOR

The government's precarious fiscal position means that some taxes will be increased, but the rate of VAT will remain unchanged. Much of the adjustment will come about from the…

Costa Rica’s pandemic response faces political hurdles

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COSTA RICA

In August, it asked the IMF for a USD1.75bn credit under the Extended Fund Facility. This will come on top of the USD504mn approved by the IMF for emergency financial assistance…

Eastern members face EU fiscal deficit procedure

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EASTERN EUROPE

Eleven members are expected to be found in breach of the EU’s rules governing fiscal deficits and public debt, including three or four of the Visegrad Four (V4) states. These…

Doha disagreement delineates Saudi-Iranian rivalry

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INTERNATIONAL

Many producers, facing budgetary pressures because of low oil prices, support output restraint, but they need to act in concert. Russia and Saudi Arabia have offered a freeze…